Early-stage Investing Articles

Snapchat, the “hot” new social media company, is in freefall.
Since its March IPO (NYSE: SNAP), its stock has gotten crushed.
Investors who bought at $27 have already lost about one-third of their money.
But meanwhile, a different set of Snapchat investors hasn’t lost a dime.
In fact, these investors…

Coca-Cola… Post-it Notes… Google…
A few examples of products that changed the world—and created billionaires in the process.
But for every world-changing invention, there are thousands of “flops” that never catch on.
The thing is, smart investors can learn quite a bit from these flops.
So today, I’ll review three…

This past weekend, I had the best burger in New York City.
Thick, rare and juicy. A fresh slice of ripe tomato and onion. And a charbroiled bun.
It’s from a downtown dive called the Corner Bistro.
But plenty of folks disagree with me:
They say NYC’s best burger is…

When evaluating a start-up for a potential investment, you might be tempted to focus on the company’s product, or its competition.
And certainly, those are important factors to consider.
But as we’ve learned over the years, other factors are far more likely to influence the company’s outcome—and in turn, influence…

In the spirit of the holidays, we’re going to do something a bit different today...
Instead of sending you one of our usual articles, I’ve decided to have a little fun and play “Secret Santa” instead.
And my gift to you (actually, it’s three gifts) is three premium investment research…

Nearly three years ago, Matt and I set out on a mission:
We aimed to teach everyday investors how to make money in early-stage investing.
From the very beginning, naysayers said it couldn’t be done.
Thankfully we ignored them.
More than 100,000 investors have now subscribed to our free and…

When it comes to finding the most profitable early-stage investments, you’ve really got your work cut out for you.
As I explained last week it’s been shown that you need to do at least 40 hours of research on every investment—whether you decide to invest or not.
But as Matt…

Few things in life are guaranteed...
According to Benjamin Franklin, only two things fit that bill: death & taxes.
But there is one other thing you can bank on (literally)...
It involves a special type of investment.
And over the next couple of days, we’ll show you how this investment…

Back in 2008, Microsoft offered to buy Yahoo for about $50 billion.
Yahoo rejected the offer as being “too low.”
Last week, a new deal for Yahoo came in—this time from Verizon.
The deal was worth just $4.6 billion, a fraction of what Microsoft had offered.
When Yahoo accepted it,…

When it comes to investing, we’ve been lied to for nearly a century.
We’ve been told that if we take the investment path that’s “tried and true,” we’ll be able to retire comfortably, right on time.
But this couldn’t be further from the truth.
And today I’ll prove it to you.
Myth…